KATHMANDU, Aug 3: The Nepal national football team has aimed at winning the SAFF Championship, also known as the SAFF Suzuki Cup, which will be held in Bangladesh from September 4 to 15 after the Asian Games, in which it targets to at least reach to the second round from a group which consists of Japan, Vietnam and Pakistan.

MINNESOTA, July 5: A United Arab Emirates-backed Saudi effort to wrest control from Jordan of Islam’s holy places in Jerusalem signals a sharper, more overt edge to Saudi religious diplomacy and the kingdom’s quest for regional hegemony that risks deepening divides in the Muslim world.

KATHMANDU, May 26: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Rabindra Adhikari, has said that the ministry has achieved 95 percent targets of the 100-day action plan that was unveiled on March 30. He said that around 97 percent of the targets will be achieved by Sunday.

KATHMANDU, May 22: No Nepali youths will be flying abroad for employment by 2023 and the average earnings of Nepalis will have doubled by that year, according to the government’s policy and programs for next fiscal year announced on Monday. This means the country will have to increase the number of jobs a minimum of nine-fold from what it is today to retain the youths within the country, according to an analysis of the targets .

KATHMANDU, May 22: No Nepali youths will be flying abroad for employment by 2023 and the average earnings of Nepalis will have doubled by that year, according to the government’s policy and programs for next fiscal year announced on Monday. This means the country will have to increase the number of jobs a minimum of nine-fold from what it is today to retain the youths within the country, according to an analysis of the targets.

The recent mass killing in Toronto by a man who once called for an “Incel Rebellion” has drawn attention to an online community of men who lament being “involuntarily celibate” and dream of a social order granting them access to the women of their choice.

JERUSALEM, May 10: Iranian forces in Syria launched a rocket attack on Israeli army bases in the Golan Heights early on Thursday, Israel said, prompting one of the heaviest Israeli barrages against Syria since the conflict there began in 2011.

DANG, May 7: Ungodly things are happening in the name of ‘Lord Jesus’ in Dang. Locals report that forceful attempts to convert locals into Christianity, something which has been going on for a long time in the district, has intensified over the past decade. Of late, the targets of forceful conversions have started to speak up.

KAILALI, April 10: Kathmandu Goldens has set a target of 128 runs for Dhangadhi Team Chauraha. Chauraha won the toss and elected to field first in the Dhangadhi Premier League (DPL) at Seti Zone Police Cricket Ground on Tuesday.

KATHMANDU, Jan 6: Turkish Airlines has announced its for the year, 2018. Issuing a statement on Friday, the airline said that it aimed to carry a total of 74 million passengers, including 33 million passengers in domestic routes and 41 million in international routes.

OKHALDHUNGA, Nov 18: An unidentified group exploded a bomb at Sunkoshi rural municipality-7, Chyanamm of Okhaldhunga targeting the cadres of Nepali Congress and Left Alliance gathering. No human casualty has been reported and vehicles suffered minor damage. Sita Karki, police inspector said that investigation into the attack is underway.

World carbon emissions in 2017 are projected to rise for the first time in four years, dashing hopes that a peak might soon be reached. The main cause for the rise has been greater use of coal in China.

KATHMANDU, Nov 12: Announcing their manifesto for provincial and parliamentary elections, major political parties have set ambitious annual targets of bringing in three million to five million tourists in the next 10 years.

LONDON, August 2: A failure to recruit quality signings that will help increase competition within the squad could leave Tottenham Hotspur struggling to end their trophy drought, manager Mauricio Pochettino has said.

KATHMANDU, Aug 15: Ruslan Three Star Club, which is returning to the continental club championship after three years, has almost completed its preparations before flying for the AFC Cup play-off qualifiers to be held in Mongolia from August 21 to 25.

KATHMANDU, July 28: The revised Nepal Trade Integration Strategy (NTIS) has set a target of contributing at least 4 percent of gross domestic product by 2020 through export of products and services listed in the country's trade strategy document.

NEW DELHI, July 10: A South Indian rapper is targeting Dow Chemical with rhymes — demanding the U.S. company pay more in victims' compensation and environmental damages stemming from a horrific chemical gas leak that killed thousands of people and sickened countless others.